Pirate treasure maps, with wax seal and ribbon.

This is my blog where I share children's art ideas, so if other parents want to do art with their kids you can use our ideas. I hope it helps you. #artistmummy

We have been making pirate treasure maps with wax seal and ribbon, also the come in a postal tube to add to the feel, and give them something else to decorate!

We drew maps, ripped the edges, stained them with strong black coffee and let them dry. While they dried we decorated the tubes with stickers and our names. Then I burned some edges and used a candle and a foreign coin to make wax seals and stuck on ribbon. We tied them up with more ribbon and put them in tubes, the kids are still playing pirates!

Pop up forest!

Here is how my daughter and I made an easy pop up forest.

Huge piggy attack is real reason for fire of London (make a Tudor street on fire).

Here is our Tudor street on fire, I'd love to take credit for it but I just thought of the street - the fire is all my daughter's idea!

Christmas is coming, make reindeer!

Here is our Christmas reindeer decoration!

Have fun!

Origami outside the box!

We bought this book of origami papers and made so many cut and stick pictures with it. Some of them even have origami as part of them!

Better than in the shops butterfly wings!

I admit this project is not so easy as most on my blog. You need a sewing machine, fabric, fabric paints and stiff wire to hold out the wings. But if you are a brave mummy here are our "better than in the shops" butterfly wings!

wiggly woggly butterfly picture.

Here is a very easy idea. You can make a 3D picture by cutting out shapes and sticking them up on paper zig zags. In our picture the butterflies and ladybird fly above the leaves!

I hope you like it. Best, Kirsteen